Trovi Search is a browser hijacker that changes a Web browser's homepage and default search engine, and also displays ads and sponsored links in search results. Because it's a browser extension, it affects Macs as well as PCs. Like other potentially unwanted program (PUPs), Trovi is bundled with free software downloads, and users may not realize that they are installing it.
Trovi is neither malware nor illegal, but it is definitely annoying. It can usually be removed by resetting a Web browser, for which we have browser-specific guides:
Trovi sometimes also installs a stand-alone Windows program called Search Protect, which will reinstall Trovi on Web browsers that have been reset.
All tools used in this guide are completely free to use and should remove any trace of Trovi from your computer. Follow all steps as described in this removal guide to remove Trovi and all additional adware that may have been installed on your computer.
Both Trovi and Search Protect can be removed with the adware-removal tools Malwarebytes Anti-Malware or AdwCleaner. (Another adware-removal tool, CCleaner, did not successfully remove Search Protect.)
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How to Remove Trovi Search Using Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
1. Download and install Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, as detailed in our separate piece.
2. Run a scan with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
3. Click Quarantine All when the scan completes, then click Apply Actions.
4. Click the History tab in the Malwarebytes interface.
5. Click Delete All to permanently delete Trovi, Search Protect and other potentially unwanted programs quarantined by Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Paul nice drum library vol 1 5.
6. Click Yes in the pop-up window asking if you want to delete all Quarantine items.
How to Remove Trovi Search Using AdwCleaner
1. Download and install AdwCleaner, as detailed in our separate article.
2. Run a scan in AdwCleaner.
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3. Click Clean when the scan is complete to remove Trovi, Search Protect and any other potentially unwanted programs.
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4. Click OK in the pop-up window warning you that AdwCleaner will close all other programs.